Scale on Trees and Shrubs: Damaging Insects Plaguing Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, PA

One day everything may have seemed fine with your tree or shrubs. Then the next, you might be suddenly noticing concerns such as twig dieback, stunted growth, or premature leaf drop. You’re not sure if you have an insect problem or something else going on but you’re worried it’s killing your tree.

It very well could be that you have scale insects on your trees. All of the symptoms mentioned above are signs of a scale infestation. Oftentimes the signs of a scale problem are not noticeable until the damage is severe. Though it may appear that one day your tree is fine and the next it’s not, the damage was slowly happening over a number of years.

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